ARTICLE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. The parties to this Agreement are agreed that it is of the utmost importance to adjust complaints and grievances as quickly as possible. Unless agreed to by both the Company and the Union, no grievance shall be presented, the alleged circumstances of which originated or occurred, or should have come to the attention of the employee concerned, more than five (5) working days prior to its original presentation in writing at Step A grievance shall consist of a dispute concerning interpretation and/or application of any Article, Schedule or Clause in this Agreement. Should a grievance arise it shall be handled as follows. Prior to filing a formal grievance, an employee will, with the assistance of his xxxxxxx, refer the on an informal basis to his immediate Supervisor. If the grievance cannot be settled as a result of this discussion, then it may be dealt with as follows: STEP The employee shall a written grievance with his immediate Supervisor within five (5) working days of the incident giving rise to the complaint. The immediate Supervisor shall answer the grievance within five (5) working days. The grievance shall specify the Article or Articles and subsections of the Agreement of which a violation is alleged, indicate the relief sought and be signed by the employee. STEP Should the employee be dissatisfied with the disposition of the grievance at Step the grievance may be referred to the Plant Manager within five (5) working days after receipt of the immediate Supervisor's reply at Step The Plant Manager shall convene a meeting with the and Chief Xxxxxxx and shall answer the grievance in writing within five (5) working days of such meeting. STEP If no settlement is reached at Step the the Union Grievance Committee and representatives of Management shall meet to discuss the grievance within five (5) working days of receipt of the reply of the Plant Manager. The Union's National Representative will be in attendance at this meeting. If the grievance is not settled within five (5) working days it may be referred to arbitration as hereinafter provided. The Union or the Company may initiate a grievance beginning at Step of the Grievance Procedure. Such grievance shall be filed within five (5) working days of the incident giving rise to the complaint and be in the form prescribed in Step Any such grievance may be referred to arbitration under Article by either the Union in the case of a Union grievance or the Company in the case of a Company grievance. The Union...
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. For purposes of this Agreement, a grievance is defined as a difference arising between the parties relating to working conditions and the interpretation, application, administration or alleged violation of the Agreement, including any questions as to whether a matter is arbitrable. It is understood and agreed that the may be assisted by Grievance Committee at all steps of the complaint or grievance procedure. It is understood and agreed that the may be assisted by the representative at all steps of the grievance procedure. It is the mutual desire of the parties that all complaints and grievances be adjusted as quickly as possible. is understood that any employee may present an oral complaint at any time to immediate supervisor without resorting to the grievance procedure below. Except where otherwise provided, it is understood that an employee has no grievance unless and until the matter is first discussed with the employee's immediate supervisor. The employee may be accompanied by xxxxxxx if so desires. If upon the completion of said discussion the matter is not resolved, it may be grieved and disposed of in the following manner. The employee must submit a written grievance to the Supervisor. The grievance shall specify the Article or Articles of which a violation is alleged and shall contain a statement of the facts relied upon and indicate the relief sought. Such grievance must be submitted within ten (10) working days of the occurrence of the event which gave rise to the grievance and must be signed by the employee claiming to be aggrieved. A meeting shall be arranged to discuss the grievance. The employee may be accompanied by committee member. The member of management to whom the grievance was submitted shall submit the answer in writing within ten working days of the filing of the grievance at Step Failing settlement of the grievance at Step No. or failure of the appropriate member of Management in Step No. Ito submit the reply within the prescribed period, the employee shall present the grievance in writing to the Department of the Society within five (5) working days from the time the reply is received or should have been received in Step No. I.A meeting shall be arranged to discuss the grievance. The Department shall have five (5) working days from the date of receipt to render a decision. Such decision shall be in writing. Step Failing settlement of the grievance at Step No. or failure of the appropriate member of Management in Step No. to submi...
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. For purposes of this Agreement, a grievance is defined as a difference arising between the parties relating to the interpretation, application, administration or alleged violation of the Agreement including any question as to whether a matter is arbitrable. At the time formal discipline is imposed or at any stage of the grievance procedure, including the complaint stage, a nurse is entitled to be represented by her or his union representative. In the case of suspension or discharge, the Hospital shall notify the nurse of this right in advance. The Hospital also agrees, as a good labour relations practice, in most circumstances it will also notify the local Association. The Hospital agrees that where a nurse is required to attend a meeting with the Hospital that may lead to disciplinary action, as a good labour relations practice, it will inform the nurse of the purpose of the meeting. It is the intent of the parties that complaints of nurses shall be adjusted as quickly as possible, and it is understood that a nurse has no grievance until she or he has first given her or his immediate supervisor the opportunity of adjusting the complaint. Such complaint shall be discussed with her or his immediate supervisor within nine (9) calendar days after the circumstances giving rise to it have occurred or ought reasonably to have to the attention of the nurse. This discussion may include consultation, advice and assistance from others. If there is no settlement within nine (9) calendar days, it shall then be taken up as a grievance within nine
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. For purposes of this Agreement, a grievance is defined as a difference arising between the parties relating to the interpretation, application, administration or alleged violation of the Agreement including any question as to whether a matter is arbitrable. At the time formal discipline is imposed or at any stage of the grievance procedure, including the complaint stage, a nurse is entitled to be represented by her or his union representative. In the case of suspension or discharge, the Hospital shall notify the nurse of this right in advance. The Hospital also agrees, as a good labour relations practice, in most circumstances it also notify the local Association. The Hospital agrees that where a nurse is required to attend a meeting with the Hospital that may lead to disciplinary action, as a good labour relations practice, it will inform the nurse of the purpose of the meeting. It is the intent of the parties that complaints of nurses shall be adjusted as quickly as possible, and it is understood that a nurse has no grievance until she or he has first given her or his immediate supervisor the opportunity of adjusting the complaint. Such complaint shall be discussed with her or his immediate supervisor within nine
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. The parties to this Agreement are agreed that it is of the utmost importance to adjust complaints and grievances as quickly as possible. No grievance shall be considered:
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. It is mutually agreed that it is the spirit and intent of this Agreement to adjust as quickly as possible grievances arising from the application, administration, interpretation, or alleged violation of this Agreement. In the event of a dispute between any member or members of the Unit and the Company in reference to the application, administration, interpretation or alleged violation of this Agreement, the following procedure shall be followed for adjustment and settlement thereof. It is agreed that time is of the essence and both parties agree that time limits will be strictly observed unless modified as provided in Article STEP Within six (6) working days following the event or from when the employee should have known of the events on which the grievance is based, the employee (or designee if appropriate due to circumstances surrounding the matter) will present a grievance in writing to the Station Manager or his designee. The grievance will state the facts upon which it is based and the specific remedy that is sought. STEP Within thirty (30) working days of receipt of the grievance the Station Manager will hold a Grievance Meeting. The such Union representation as the requires to a maximum of three persons, the Station Manager or his designee and such other persons as the Station Manager feels appropriate to a maximum of three persons will be in attendance. The Station Manager will reply in writing to the and the Local President within ten working days of the Grievance Meeting. STEP Within five (5) working days of delivery of the Station Manager's reply, either party may elect to refer the matter to arbitration as provided for in Article Failing such election, the matter shall be considered closed. Notwithstanding Article any grievance concerning the discharge of an employee may be submitted directly to the Station Manager or his designee at Step within ten (10) calendar days of the discharge. If either of the parties considers that this Agreement is being misunderstood, misinterpreted or violated in any respect by the other, the matter may be submitted as a written grievance and discussed between representatives of the Company and the Union Grievance Committee who may be accompanied by a Union representative. If not satisfactorily settled within ten (I 0) working days of the above meeting, either party may refer the matter to arbitration. If either party, following the exercise of the grievance procedure, wishes to refer a matter to arbitration as pro...
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. The Employer and the Union agree that discussions should occur between employees, Union representatives and Employer representativeswhen problems or differences arise in an attempt to resolve problems or differences. This grievance procedure is not intended to preclude any discussion between employees, Union representativesand Employer representativeswhere discussions, relating to problems or differences occur, the time limits in the Complaint Step will be extended by mutual agreement by the appropriate number of days. If any difference concerning the interpretation, application, operation or any alleged violation of the Agreement arises between the Employer and or the Union, or between the and the Employer, it shall be processed according to the following grievance procedure. Nothing in this provision deprives of any rights or remedies to which they are entitled in any legislation including the transfer legislation. Grievances involving the interpretation, application, operation or any alleged violation of the agreement must have the approval and support of the bargaining agent. The time limits set out in the grievance procedure are mandatory and not directory. In calculating time limits, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays shall be excluded. In the case of employees working in operations where the days of rest are other than Saturdays and Sundays, then their days of rest shall be excluded. If the time limits set out in Complaint Step, Step or Step of the grievance procedure are not complied with, then the grievance will be considered as being abandoned, unless the parties have mutually agreed, in writing, to extend the time limits If the Employer fails to meet a time limit, the Union, at its option, may either advance the grievance to the next step or await the Employer's response, in which case no time limit shall apply against the Union until it has received the Employer's response. shall have the right to be represented at any step of the grievance procedure. The and the union representative shall be given reasonable leave with pay to attend meetings pertaining to the grievance. The and the union representative shall be given leave with pay for meetings with the employer. At either Complaint Step or Step the Employer representative may be assisted by a designated employer representative. The Union shall be given full opportunity to present evidence and make representations throughout the grievance procedure The shall be advised of their right to have a u...
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. The Union shall appoint a Grievance Committee of three (3) whose names shall be communicated to the City. In the event that differences arise between the City and or any of its members employed by the C i t y as to the meaning and application of the provisions of this Agreement or should any other dispute arise, there shall be no suspension or slowing down of work account of such differences: but an honest effort shall be made to settle the same in the following manner: All grievances within ten working days of written notification to the employee shall, stance, be referred to the employee's supervisor Step Failing settlement, the grievance may be taken up by the employee concerned or by the Grievance Committee with the Superintendent in charge. Asterisk indicates change in from previous agreement Ste p Failing settlement, the matter may be taken up by the Grievance Committee. A written explanation of the incident being grieved is to be filed w i t h a Management Committee consisting of the City Administrator and the respective Department Head, The shall make its decisions known to the Grievance Committee within forty - eight (48) hours of the t i m e of submission of the grievance. Ste p If the employee concerned or the Union is not satisfied with the decision of the Management Committee, the Union may submit the matter to an Arbitration Board which shall be selected as follows: Within twenty (20) days after the decision of the Management Committee, the Union may notify the City i n writing of its intention to submit the matter an Arbitration Board, naming one person to serve on this Within one week after receiving such notice from the Union, the City shall notify the Union in writing naming a person to serve on the Arbitration Board. Within one week of the giving of notice last referred to, the two persons named to serve on the Arbitration Board shall select a third person to act as Chairman with the Board and shall so notify the City and the Union in writing, If the two persons named cannot agree on a person to act as Chairman, either of them or one of the parties may ask the Minister of Labour for Nova Scotia to appoint a Chairman. Within twenty-one (21) days of the appoint- ment of a Chairman, the Arbitration Board shall render a decision after having heard argument and evidence from the parties to this Agreement, The parties may agree in advance to a single arbitrator. The Arbitration Board shall have the power to decrease, increase or otherwise modi...
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. In cases of alleged misinterpretation or misapplication arising out of agreements concluded by the National Joint Council of the Public Service on items which may be included in a collective agreement and which the parties to this agreement have endorsed, the grievance procedure will be in accordance with Section of Appendix of the National Joint Council by-laws. Subject to and as provided in Section of the Public Service Staff Relations Act, any employee who feels to be aggrieved by the interpretation or application in respect of the employee of a provision of a statute, or of a regulation, by- law, direction, or other instrument made or issued by the Council, dealing with terms and conditions of employment, or as a result of any other occurrence or matter affecting the employee’s terms and conditions of employment, other than those arising out of the classification process, is entitled to present a grievance in the manner prescribed in clause except that, if there is another administrative procedure applicable to the employee provided by or under any Act of Parliament to deal with the employee’s specific complaint, such procedure must be followed. An employee may discuss a complaint with a representative from management before presenting a grievance. An employee may submit a grievance on a document other than the grievance form which may be supplied by the Council. An employee who wishes to present a grievance at any prescribed level in the grievance procedure shall transmit this grievance to the representative of the Council authorized to deal with grievances on the Council’s behalf at level one (1) of the grievance procedure applicable to employees of the Council, who shall provide the employee with a receipt stating the date on which the grievance was received. An employee may be assisted by, and/or represented by the Association when presenting a grievance at any level. Notwithstanding the contents of clause an employee is not entitled to present any grievance relating to the interpretation or application in respect of the employee of a provision of a Collective Agreement or Arbitral Award unless the employee has the approval of and is represented by the Association, or any grievance relating to any action taken pursuant to an instruction, direction or regulation given or made as described in Section of the Public Service Staff Relations Act. An employee cannot be represented by any employee organization other than the Association in the presentation...
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. The grievance procedures herein provided for are among the most matters in the successful of the Agreement. The Company and the Union therefore agree that the designated grievance procedure, as hereinafter set forth, serve an and constitute the sole and exclusive means to be utilized by the for the prompt disposition, decision and final settlement of a grievance arising in respect of the interpretation,application,administration,or violation of this Agreement, and the specifically designated grievance procedure shall be strictly followed. Wherever, the term "grievance procedure" is used in this Agreement, it shall be considered as including the arbitration procedure.
